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PSA: Apple's iPhone X Screen Repair Will Cost You $279 (macrumors.com)
We already know the iPhone X is expensive: it starts at $999 for the 64GB variant. But what about the cost of a screen replacement? If you don't have the extended warranty, a screen replacement will cost you $279, which is more than twice the price of an iPhone 6 screen replacement ($129) and about 65 percent higher than a new iPhone 8 screen ($169). MacRumors reports: In the United States, Apple will charge flat rates of $279 for iPhone X screen repairs and $549 for any other damage to the device, unless it is a manufacturing defect covered by Apple's standard one-year limited warranty. The fees vary in other countries, such as Australia, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
-Australia: $419 for screen repairs, $819 for other damage
-Canada: $359 for screen repairs, $709 for other damage
-Germany: 321 Euros for screen repairs, and 611 Euros for other damage
-United Kingdom: 286 British Pounds for screen repairs, 556 British Pounds for other damage
-United States: $279 for screen repairs, $549 for other damage
These prices do not apply to customers who purchase AppleCare+ for the iPhone X, which costs $199 upfront in the United States. AppleCare+ is an optional warranty plan that extends an iPhone's coverage to two years from the original purchase date of the device. The plan adds up to two incidents of accidental damage coverage, each subject to a lower service fee of $29 for screen repairs, or $99 for any other damage.
-Australia: $419 for screen repairs, $819 for other damage
-Canada: $359 for screen repairs, $709 for other damage
-Germany: 321 Euros for screen repairs, and 611 Euros for other damage
-United Kingdom: 286 British Pounds for screen repairs, 556 British Pounds for other damage
-United States: $279 for screen repairs, $549 for other damage
These prices do not apply to customers who purchase AppleCare+ for the iPhone X, which costs $199 upfront in the United States. AppleCare+ is an optional warranty plan that extends an iPhone's coverage to two years from the original purchase date of the device. The plan adds up to two incidents of accidental damage coverage, each subject to a lower service fee of $29 for screen repairs, or $99 for any other damage.
Some of us earn $50,000 a year in IT in Silicon Valley. We aren't all millionaires here.
Next folks are going to say that the parts on expensive cars are expensive too!
If you have AppleCare you can get a few repairs for free... or if anything else goes wrong.
For the 8 I would say people could probably skip AppleCare, but for a really new model like the X it's probably worthwhile to have the extra insurance.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
So looking forward to upgrading my phone to freedom.
My iphone 6 has gone the way of my phones before it. This new iOS has taken a big dump on performance as well as the general ui fuckups. Calc is fucking plagued with issues! Just crazy.
...considering each pixel has to be hand painted by hand.
The Chinese are very cheap labour and skilled, but even
that task is very time-consuming.
CAP === 'automata'
You expected your $1k phone to have a cheap screen?
If you want to save money on your phone, don’t buy the most expensive phone available.
PSA: Only idiots on Reddit label mildly-informative and highly-specific shit with "PSA".
Apple and Oracle are in the same situation. They lost relevance a long time ago and are just milking their existing customers.
Stop giving money to those greedy corporations. If they starve maybe it will force them to get back to work and innovate for real.
lucm, indeed.
Companies innovate and compete to gain market share but once growth slows they become lazy and exploit the "loyal customers" who continue to cling to and defend them with an irrational loyalty. Is that Apple?
See subject: Folks w/ the coin to buy into iPhone (imo, many ways a better choice - kudos to their UI) don't care - they are PORSCHE mentality (upwardly mobile imo).
* The "money gap"? It's BIG for a reason - like Studio 54's doorcharge was.
(That's Apple's "target market" - the area they are influences it. high cost, very much so (realestate))
APK
P.S.=> Get it? They don't care... apk
A brand new unlocked Moto 5s plus 32GB is $279 on Motorola's website right now..
Here's a Pro tip: Don't treat your $1000 item like a $20 item.
In all of the EU, the warranty will be 2 years, even in GB, for now.
Remember Apple is fighting big brother so fuck you and get a real job you worthless slacker.
Let's not forget that there is a shortage of these displays.
Phone costs $1k. No headphone jack. No SDCC card. Phone is in Apple's walled garden. Cost to repair a fairly common failure is $259.
Remind me again why I would buy one of these things?
If you buy it in New Zealand then don't bother with extended warranties etc as all failures not caused by user misuse must be fixed for free for the reasonable expected normal life of the phone. On an expensive high end phone 5 years should be a reasonable expectation.
They had a vision way back when they did first PCs. They got greedy and became niche player. They had whole market with iPhone to grab. They preferred to stay greedy and milk customers. Now they are becoming niche player again. If you didn't follow news Apple is expected to drop to the 3rd place in phone sales.
The oled screen will unevenly degrade and/or burn in within a year or two so yeah you need it.
So, pretty much jack up the cost of individual repairs to coerce users to pay for AppleCare...Alright..just wanted to make sure I was reading that correctly...
Thatâ(TM)s why latest tech often referred to as bleeding edge. As others have mentioned there cheaper alternatives. Choice is good. iPhone 6s / + still a nice device with latest iOS or many Androids. I thank the bleeding edge consumers who help fund these advances since in a couple years somewhat available for about half the price. iPhones and Galaxy line still retain high trade in values relative to most other devices.
wait for right to repair laws to be implemented.
These things are WAY past the value of a silver bar of the same weight and approaching the value of a gold bar.
WHY would you buy a gold bar made of glass and just carry it around to get broken or stolen?
Sensible people would lock something that cost as much as these things do per ounce in a safe!
What is this obession with phones so thin you could cut cheese with them ?
I see no direct benefit for the en user of a 4mm thick vs a 5mm phone.
I only see an excuse for Apple to dump older connectors (like audio) on pretext of thigh space.
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...a good old headphone jack?
The quality of articles really seems to be going down hill. The shock and horror of someone buying the top of a line phone instead of the cheapest phone available is now to much for many slashdotters.
I mean really who would expect a screen that Samsung can barely produce in quantity and quality to be cheap and easy to replace? Why it cost about $300 for their own phone certainly they give a break to Apple so it can give a discount to people who drop their phones am I right?
And seriously who needs an iPhone X buying one could prevent you from buying those new almost useless VR glasses, or that 64â curved TV. One should certainly buy throw away crap phones. I mean oh the horror, it doesnâ(TM)t have a headphone jack or removable battery. You really have to ask why would anyone waste their money on one right? No the question you should ask is why the fuck you are so judgemental and why you even give a fuck what other people are buying.
I for one am shocked that the price of parts for my $120k Porsche aren't cheap.
https://de.ifixit.com/Store/Parts/Galaxy-S8-LCD-Screen-and-Digitizer/IF355-001-1 Galaxy S8 LCD Screen and Digitizer $299.99 (without repair).
Of course news about a fake are Fake News.
On weekends.
At least $4 of that price is cost. No more than $275 is profit for Apple.
Much cheaper than AppleCare, even if you have to pay for it.
I'm never buying one. WAY too expensive.